i’ll mostly list small or medium-capacity venues that host relatively cheap shows!
mostly 18+ or all ages:
- trans pecos
- mercury lounge
- bowery ballroom
- tompkins square park or maria hernandez park sometimes hosts free shows
occasionally has 18+ shows, but is 21+ most of the time:
- baby’s all right
- market hotel (usually earlier shows that start at 7pm aren’t 21+)
- elsewhere
- le poisson rouge
- gold sounds
highly recommend going through each of the venue’s websites and sifting through the show listings to double check! also the oh my rockness website and bandsintown are great places to check for shows happening tonight in your area and stay on top of shows!
Jun 4, 2024
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Songkick is also sick for tracking concerts and u can sync ur spotify to follow the artists u follow on there
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If you’re not familiar, this is the best concert calendar for gigs in nyc. I wish it existed in every city.
Some fav venues depending on whats happenin: Baby’s All Right, Union Pool, TV Eye, The Sultan Room, Bowery Ballroom, Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jazz, etc: Ornithology, Small’s, Nublu, Barbès, LunAtico
Feb 22, 2024
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Not sure if these apply to the NYC scene as I'm speaking from Vancouver, but a couple of things I've found help including:
-focusing on smaller venues, they have a better crowd anyway, have newsletters you can follow, find new bands, and are going to be cheaper than big venues. bars especially will have some cool performers and often won't even charge you to get in (esp if you arrive before the set)
-enter radio contests! I won tickets this way last year, obviously a long shot but a lot of radio stations and event promo companies will do monthly contests. The promo companies also often have newsletters to stay tuned to what's going on
-find presale codes on reddit or search StubHub for cheaper tickets. My friend just saw death cab for cutie and the postal service tickets for $7 (lol) a couple of hours before the show started. I think people drop their prices right towards the end sometimes, not a guarantee obviously.
-ABS (always be searching lol) I look for shows in a variety of ways like the newsletters and venues listed above, but also like songkick and Spotify for notifying me of events for artists I like. This is mostly just to be able to keep track of the smaller artists I like as their tickets are likely to be cheaper than the stadium performers.
May 16, 2024
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I like to go to a decent amount of shows, figured I'll go through OhMyRockness for February and put down ones that I have seen or am interested in:
- William Tyler and the Impossible Truth - LPR - 1/31 *
- Gaadge - Alphaville - 2/2
- Frost Children - Elsewhere - 2/2
- Mary Jane Dunphe - Knitting Factory at Bakers Falls - 2/2 **
- DJ Shadow - Webster Hall - 2/7
- The Ocean/The World is a Beautiful Place... - The Brooklyn Monarch - 2/9 *
- Squid/Water From Your Eyes - Brooklyn Steel - 2/10
- Home is Where/Ogbert the Nerd - Music Hall of WBurg - 2/10
- Militarie Gun/Pool Kids/Spiritual Cramp - Bowery Ballroom - 2/15 **
- Lily Seabird/Greg Freeman - Baby's All Right - 2/16 **
- Oceanator/Dim Wizard/Bat Boy/Crush Fund - Purgatory - 2/20 **
- Indigo De Souza/Truth Club - Brooklyn Steel - 2/23
- Mx Lonely/Velvet/Halo Bite/Nodding Off - Trans Pecos - 2/23 **
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Knockdown Center - 2/24 *
- Jane Remover/Quannnic - Market Hotel - 2/24
- Sadurn - Baby's All Right - 2/24
* have tickets
** might go
Jan 30, 2024
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brain dumps are like to-do lists but for the adhd-er who’s always got ten million things on their mind.
so i get a piece of paper, sticky note, or open up a new page in my notebook and spill out all the tasks that are weighing down my mind in that moment. everything from the tiny, mundane tasks to the big, twenty step projects.
this allows me to just get it out on paper and not have it torment me any longer, and you’ll feel this weight off your shoulders once you see all your scary tasks written out. now that’s the big brain dump part where you throw up everything in your mind without caring about priorities or importance.
now, get out a new sheet of paper, and start sorting out those tasks from most important/most urgent and least important/least urgent. you can number the tasks or sort them into boxes, whatever works with you visually.
your big scary projects will be at the top of the list, such as “update my resume” or “write essay due next week,” and your smaller tasks like “take out the trash” and “organize bookshelf” will be at the bottom. my adhd self would still be a bit intimidated by this, however, let’s do the small tasks first to get the momentum rolling! so i’ll go to my kitchen and wrap up the jenga tower of trash, then neaten up a few books on my bookshelf. the aim is to *get it out of the way* and make progress over perfection!
ok i realize how LONG this is, but hopefully this method builds up momentum to get started on larger tasks and make you feel accomplished that you did something small, and that counts! :)
May 30, 2024
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have the itch to go outside even though it’s 11pm at night? here’s some things you can do without spending much and having to interact with anybody…
(mostly based in lower manhattan)
1. play street fighter for $1 at the waypoint cafe (65 ludlow st between grand & broome st)
skip all the clubs and bars on ludlow street and head straight to the late-night video game cafe outfitted with cheap arcade cabinets and PCs. there’s plenty of table top games, board games, and card games to play if you ask. open until midnight everyday.
2. read a book at book club bar (197 e 3rd st / ave b)
finally a non-overstimulating bar for the bookworms! take a book off the shelf or bring your own and chill out on the comfy couches. this place is the perfect sanctuary—quiet chatter, a pleasant coffee aroma, and relaxing music. open until 12am sunday–wednesday, and until 1am thursday–saturday.
3. grab cheap coffee and eats at caffe reggio (119 macdougal st / w 3rd st)
walk past washington square park into the dimly lit green cafe, an iconic spot known for its classic italian eats since 1927. order some hot pasta, sandwiches, or soup to warm you up on a cold night. this place is next to lots of comedy clubs, so beware of the rowdy crowds, but if you grab a seat in the corner you’ll be a-ok. open until 3am sunday–thursday, and until 4am friday–saturday.
4. contemplate at the water and brood
go to the east river or hudson river and sit at the pier to sink into deep thought and zone out. watch the boats and birds and trains pass by. highly recommend waiting until sunrise to watch the sun wash all the buildings with a beautiful pink-orange glow. i personally love hanging out at the skate park under the manhattan bridge and sitting on the swinging benches at pier 35. open 24/7.
honorable mentions:
- manousheh (403 grand st) — lebanese cafe that serves delicious dishes and coffee. open until 11pm.
- black cat les (172 rivington st) — comfy cafe with a living room vibe that hosts weekly comedy nights. open until 10pm.
let me know if you try out any of these places! feel free to use this as a map to guide your night and crawl from the lower east side to the west vilage, or check out each spot individually whenever you see fit.
hope my introverted night owls find their new late-night sanctuary. 🌙
Jun 2, 2024
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i love collecting cool screenprinted patches or embroidered badges from art markets or online shops and sprucing up any item i own with them! or you can use scraps from clothes you’ve cut up previously if you wanna upcycle and not throw waste away.
it’s like a sticker in cloth form, and i can customize my belongings and give it my personality :D just take a needle and thread, and learn some basic backstitches or zigzag stitches, and handsew on some cool looking squares! you can take this project wherever you go, and it’s good to put on music or a movie and zone out ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
May 30, 2024